Valerie

name

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"valerie" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Valerie” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,265. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,265
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Latin.

Corpus desk

Index EN-valerie · Valerie · English

Valerie · rank #13,265 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,265
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH vaccination

Nearest frequency peer: vaccination (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Valerie”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Valerie” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Valerie vs Valkyrie
75% similar
Valerie vs Valverde
75% similar
Valerie vs valence
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Valerie
PropertyValue
HeadwordValerie
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,265
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Valerie”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Valerielands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “vaccination” (#13,264), “upheld” (#13,263), “unreal” (#13,262). Among 969 “V” headwords, “Valerie” is #13,265. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Valerie, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,265 among 969 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from Latin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Valerie, with forms such as "avlerie", "vaelrie", and "valeire". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Valkyrie", "Valverde", "valence", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French Valérie, from Latin Valeria. Doublet of Valeria. The correct English form is Valerie, spelled V-A-L-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Valerie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Valerie, call on me / Come and see me / I'm the same boy I used to be
  2. Cos since I've come home, well my body's been a mess And I've missed your ginger hair and the way you dress Won't you come on over stop making a fool out of me? Why won't you come on over Valerie? Valerie? Valerie? Valerie?

Etymology

From French Valérie, from Latin Valeria. Doublet of Valeria.

This word in other languages

Valeria(Español)Valérie(Français)Valerie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avlerie
  • vaelrie
  • valeire
  • valerei
  • valerrie
  • vallerie
  • valreie
  • vlaerie
  • vvalerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Valerie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

avlerie2vaelrie2valeire2valerei2valerrie1vallerie1valreie2vlaerie2
Edit distance from "Valerie"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Valerie"?
"Valerie" is spelled V-A-L-E-R-I-E.
What does "Valerie" mean?
As a proper noun, "Valerie" means: A female given name from Latin.
What words are commonly confused with "Valerie"?
"Valerie" is commonly confused with "Valkyrie", "Valverde", "valence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Valerie"?
From French Valérie, from Latin Valeria. Doublet of Valeria. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Valerie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

typhoon#13,261wartime#13,270weakest#13,271titanic#13,256

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

upheld9 variantswicket9 variantsZurich9 variantsTiffany9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list